Friends & Family

A Pictorial Of Betty’s Garden Right Now  

One of my very best friends, Jenn, and her husband, Matthew, are coming down for the weekend.  What this means is that there will be lots of craft beer….wine for me, thanks….and tons of food coming out of my kitchen.  That will all be sprinkled…

Balls people.  So many balls.  Amanda’s balls to be specific.  Cheese balls you dirty birds!  I see you out there.  It was play time in the kitchen yesterday and we made cheese balls.  We like them so much that we’re going to do an array…

It’s Veteran’s Day.  Two of my favorite veterans are coming over tonight, the Hawleys, Jessie and Joe…both Marines.  They hail from the Carolinas.  Hubs and I met them shortly after they moved to Oregon, at the same time I moved down to Southern Oregon.  We…

With the state of our fish stocks and everything going on with our oceans right now, I’ve had a really hard time eating fish I didn’t catch myself.  Consequently, I’ve eaten a lot less fish in these past years and I’m particular about what fish…

The last time we went north to stay with Betty, her and I combed through her wine cellar while Hubs was at work.  She had some older Pinots that she wanted to get opened, so of course I offered to do a dinner for them. …